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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 120960, member: 5233&quot;]I think this is why I got really lucky when I started collecting coins in about the 7th or 8th grade (so, I was 12 or 13 or something).&nbsp; I found a little coin shop that was owned by an older guy who was getting close to retirement.&nbsp; I would go in and look around for a while and chat with the folks who hung out there (they were all older and just liked to tell crazy stories).&nbsp; So, I became fast friends with this group.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was never watched closely or anything because they trusted me, they trusted me from the beginning even though I was just a kid.&nbsp; After I had been going there for 6 months or so (I went there each weekend to look for new coins and talk) I one day asked if I could see one of the coins in the case.&nbsp; The owner looked at me and told me to go behind and grab it (I guess he didn&#039;t want to get up or something).&nbsp; So, from then on I was able to just open the case and look at something.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was completely trusted in this store and it was one of the reasons I got into the hobby so quickly.&nbsp; Unfortunately, his health began to fail and he sold the store.&nbsp; Not long after that I went to college and didn&#039;t have the money or time to collect anymore.&nbsp; I&#039;m just now getting back into it (stil young at the age of 20) and the stores here in town are very up tight and its not the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, when I was a very young collector is was easy for me.&nbsp; It was all about enjoying the hobby and the people who I met that were apart of it.&nbsp; It was really a neat experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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